Spider for ID found in the shed

[DaveGray]

Hi,

can anyone tell me what this spider is, seemed quite stubborn when I moved the boxes it has set up home in and didn't want to move out.



thanks,

Dave.

[Meta menardi]

It is a Tegenaria sp. It is not easy to go much further than this, though the distribution is quite geographically different for some of the species.

[Geoff F]

Seemed quite stubborn when I moved the boxes it has set up home in and didn't want to move out.

Yes they can be a bit stubborn when they become fully grown. This year I had one in my shed which attached part of it's web to my bench grinder.

When I used the machine it rather reluctantly moved into a corner but returned when things went quiet.

[DaveGray]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

It is a Tegenaria sp. It is not easy to go much further than this, though the distribution is quite geographically different for some of the species.

Thanks for the ID, so basically a big house spider then.

[DaveGray]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

Seemed quite stubborn when I moved the boxes it has set up home in and didn't want to move out.

Yes they can be a bit stubborn when they become fully grown. This year I had one in my shed which attached part of it's web to my bench grinder.

When I used the machine it rather reluctantly moved into a corner but returned when things went quiet.

This one went straight back to the same place after I'd finished and seems to have repaired its' web.

[wilippa]

I second the "stubborn" bit. I had a large female that set up home in the corner of the compost bin this summer. She would glower menacingly at anyone that opened the lid and didn't move for weeks, despite all the grass clippings and vegetable peelings that thrown on her web.

[DaveGray]

It's still sitting in the same place even though I've moved the boxes out and back again twice since I first found it. Seems to repair the web and settle back down, must be a good spot for catching flies !

[wilippa]

There's a zygiella behind the boiler in my kitchen that's been there for weeks. It seems some spiders "set up home" and stay there - at least as long as they're still successfully catching flies. I also had an A. diadematus between compst bin and fence that stayed for months.